Month: May 2024

Hey guys! This week was busy! 

On Tuesday, we were on exchanges. Sister Hansen was with me in my area. It went pretty good! We had some awesome lessons and worked hard. We switched back and went to dinner, then to another lesson!

On Wednesday, we got up at 5 to drive over to Medford for a meeting at 8. We then had zone conference with Elder Gary B Sabin from 9-4:30. They fed us lunch in between. It was so cool to hear from Elder Sabin! He had so many good stories and it was so cool! We all went to chickfila afterwards. We ran over to Trader Joes and I got some good things. We sat at a park in Medford for an hour because the sisters we were staying with weren't home. That night was so fun! There were 6 sisters staying in this tiny apartment and it was actually a blast! We stayed up a little latter than we should have but it was good. 

The next morning, we had to be at our leadership meeting at 7:45. 6 sisters getting ready at the same time with only one bathroom wasnt nearly as bad as I thought it would be. We had another 3 hour meeting with Elder Sabin. My biggest takeaway from Elder Sabin is to have faith and to expect miracles. There is so much we can to with faith! We drove back to Klamath Falls. Elder and Sister Barker, a senior couple in charge of housing, came by and put a window AC unit in. So nice! 

Friday was busy! We had a lesson every hour staring at 12. It was awesome to just keep doing lesson after lesson. We had a member dinner, then a meeting with the zone leadership.

Saturday was decent. Sister Linares wasn't feeling good so we had a slower day. We did some weekly planning. We had lunch with the sisters and the zls. It was fun! We had 2 lessons to finish off the day.

Sunday was good! I played organ in sacrament meeting. Everyone in the ward always asks who taught me how to play the organ. I'm super grateful for my piano teacher! The skills I was taught have blessed so many others! We went over to our bishops house to return something. The Bishop's wife invited us in. She got us each a sparkling water and we sat outside and talked for like 45 minutes. It was not the most productive but it was fun! We went over for dinner with some awesome members. They made this whole greek meal and it was so good!

Today we are going to a memorial parade, then doing a service, then having a couple hours of pday. We get to go to the temple on Thursday so that'll be my full pday. I'm super excited to go to the temple! 

A super cool thing I have experienced is seeing the efforts of our ward to share the gospel. A neighbor of one of our newly baptized member noticed how much happier the member was, she started asking questions. The member was so excited to talk about her baptism and how happy following Christ has made her. Her neighbor is now being taught by us!!

Keep up your efforts to share the gospel! People can see the joy and happiness the gospel of Jesus Christ can bring to our lives! I hope you all have a fantastic week! 

Love,

Sister O'Barr 

On Monday, we had so much fun! The zls has everyone over for a bbq and it was a blast! We sat outside in the sun, I got a little red. We played Uno no mercy and it is so fun! We ate hamburgers and hotdogs and all sorts of snacks. We then went to district council. 

Tuesday was interesting but good! We had interviews with President. My parents had sent some packages to the mission office so they brought them down to me. It was fun to get them! My interview with President was good. Nothing crazy. In Sister Linares interview, President told her that I'm going to be transfered next transfer. So I have 4 weeks left here in Klamath. During interviews, Sister Cornelius and Sister Petersen did a whole waffle bar, which was fun. Then we went to lunch with the sisters at a thai place. It was good! We had an early dinner with a sweet member. We went over to the church to prepare for the restoration devotional. Overall the devotional went well! The musical number I did went really good! 

Wednesday was good except that Sister Linares was sick. I also got another package from my older sister! She sent me some healthy snacks and some other random things. I love her so much! It really was so kind of her. We contacted a bunch and had a few lessons.

Thursday was awesome! All our original plans fell through but we were able to set up a bunch of lessons. We also met with our new ward mission leader and talked through a bunch of stuff. We went to volleyball and had a ton of fun! Also, a random package appeared for me with mini junior mints. I found out they were from my parents but I had no clue all week!

Friday was fun! We went to this neighborhood about 10 miles out of town and parked our car. The weather was so nice! We visited a ton of contacts we had. We had a couple lessons, then went over to the church for this ward dinner. We helped set up, then we got to eat. It was a dessert auction to raise money for the young mens and young womens programs. People were buying plates of cookies for like $75. It was crazy! This one really rich family in the ward bought a plate of cookies, then gave it to us. Then another family did that, then another! So we had three plates of cookies. It was so kind of the members!

Saturday was fun too! We had a lesson with a new member, then went over to this birthday party for a friend. She is the sweetest person! We had such a good time! I think she really appreciated us coming. We did some weekly planning at the lake. It was so pretty! Very windy and a little cold. 

Sunday was good. We had church, then we went and visited some people. It has been windy and cooler, which has been so nice since our apartment has no AC. We had a really good member dinner. 

This week will be busy! We will be in Medford on Wednesday and Thursday. We are staying the night with some sisters there. We have zone conference on Wednesday with Gary B Sabin and MLC on Thursday. We have to be at zone conference at 8 and it ends at 4:30. I hope they feed us lunch and we have a couple breaks. If not, I might die!! Should be awesome though to hear from Elder Sabin! I love his talk he gave in October 2023, Hallmarks of Happiness. I would highly recommend you give it a read! One of my favorite quotes from it is “In God’s eyes, kindness is synonymous with greatness.” 

I hope you have a fantastic week! Don't forget how important being kind is!! Love you all!

Love,

Sister O'Barr 

On Tuesday, we has mlc on zoom for only an hour. It was interesting for sure. I We had some lessons, then I practiced the musical number I'm doing for the resto devo. I'm playing the accompaniment part for a lady in the ward.

Wednesday was good! We had a bunch of lessons. We also went to young womans and talked with all the girls!

Thursday we had more lessons! We also helped this lady move a dresser. We went and played volleyball and we also went on exchanges. I went with Sister Lunt in her area! Their apartment has ac, which is so nice. Ours does not and we cannot figure out how to keep it cool.

On Friday, I was in the other area and we had one lesson and some other random things. No one in their ward has been responding to them so we've been trying really hard to help them. We exchanged back right before dinner.

Saturday was my 8 month mark! Crazy that I am almost half way! Everything fell through on Saturday. Even the secondary things we had set up after the first things canceled. We had no clue what to do. So we prayed and ended up going to a members house. They are such a fun and kind family. They immediately welcomed us in and gave us a snack and started talking with us. They had a good list of people for us to go visit so thats what we ended up doing the rest of the day!

Sunday was fun! We went over to the sisters ward and had them introduce everyone to us. Its something President wanted us to do. We came back to our area. After sacrament meeting, all the women were given chocolate bars. Then they ended relief society 20 minutes early and had a whole bunch of snacks and cake and such. It was fun! We went and had an awesome lesson with Shannon and then had such a fun dinner with a member family. 

I hope you all had a fantastic mothers day! I am so grateful for my mom. She always supports me in everything that I do. I love her so much!

Hope you all have a fantastic week and remember to look for the Lord in your life!

Love, 

Sister O'Barr 

On Tuesday, we visited a lot of people. We were busy. We found out transfers that night! I'm staying in Klamath Falls with Sister Linares for another transfer!!

We hadn't really planned any lessons on Wednesday because we werent sure if we would be transfering or not. But we visited people and had a fun dinner with a member!

Thursday was busy! We had planned all our lessons that we usually have on Wednesday to Thursday as well as the usual lessons on that day! So we were jumping all over the place. Our dinner was good. This member loves to grill and he did like a Hawaiian chicken bowl. It was so good! 

Friday was interesting. We went and helped with a service. We were moving a bunch of boxes and stuff for this big event. They got us pizza afterwards. We had some awesome lessons, then a really awkward meeting. We do a zone leadership meeting every week. Most of the zone leadership didn't agree and there was a bit of contention. Hopefully we'll all get more unified.

Saturday was good, except for the fact that it snowed!!! We had some weekly planning, then I got asked if I could play for a baptism happening in our ward. The mom was so stressed out because all the pianist were out of town. Then someone remembered that I played and asked me. So I played and it went good! It was kinda an answer to my prayers. I have been feeling like I'm not needed here. My comp is so knowledgeable and is so much better at teaching. I prayed and asked why I was still here. Then I got asked to play the organ in church, then I was able to play for the baptism, and now I'm playing the accompaniment part for a member in our ward to sing at this devotional. So obviously my musical skills are needed here! I was asked again on sunday if I could play for something else. The Lord is definitely aware of me and answers prayers!

Sunday was awesome! We had 6 friends show up to church! We just started teaching a guy and his two kids. Its awesome!! We had some good lessons and a fun dinner. These members are awesome. They are so funny!

The weather has been miserable! It snowed on Saturday and Sunday! It hasn't really stuck but its cold and gray out. 

I hope you all have a fantastic week! The Lord is very aware of all of you!

Love,

Sister O'Barr